by Ashley | Aug 22, 2022 | Employment Status, Uncategorized
In 2008, Castle Construction was taken to tribunal by HMRC over the employment status of their subcontractors.HMRC believed 314 of their subcontractors should be reclassified as employees. Some of the arguments put forward by HMRC included: Subcontractors were paid at...
by Ashley | Jul 5, 2022 | Subcontractors
In an ideal world, your subbies would turn up in their own van, pay for their own fuel, and bring their own tools. All you’d need to pay for is the cost of their labour and any materials used on site. In reality, it’s not always as black and white – sometimes it’s...
by Ashley | Jul 5, 2022 | Construction Industry, Employment Status
Have you ever been told that IR35 means you can’t use subbies long-term? It’s bullshit, of course. Just another scare tactic to convince construction firms they have to use a payroll company. IR35 has nothing to do with how long you work with subbies. It’s about the...
by Ashley | May 10, 2022 | Payroll
In February 2022, an employment tribunal ordered a contractor to pay substantial costs to a ‘self-employed’ subcontractor they worked with via a payroll company. Here is a breakdown of what the contractor was instructed to pay: For unfair dismissal:...
by Ashley | May 9, 2022 | General
The use of labour-only subcontractors in the construction industry is standard practice. You get a big project, you need extra hands, but you don’t want to employ, so you bring in some subbies. Not unusual. But as you start to work with those subbies more frequently,...
